INTENSIVE COURSE JULY: SABORES Y SABERES

We will delve into the universe of 'sabores y saberes' (flavors and knowledges), a set of movement practices that investigate the senses, somatics, presence and listening, and that take meditation as a reference and inspiration.

These practices, based on improvisation, are articulated through questions (How to s a v o r a dance? How to rest in the knowledge of the body?) as well as binomials where two aspects feed back symbiotically, generating a dynamic and fertile dialogue. Sensation-form, movement-stillness, action-perception, focus-flow, inside-outside...

The hybrid laboratory-workshop format captures the moment where I find myself in the research: on the one hand, I will share tools of improvisation, creation and reflection that have been macerating for some time and that have already been applied in different contexts; at the same time we will experiment and test from other angles, focuses and nuances, deploying the materials and questions according to the interests and curiosity of the group. The intention is to offer a space where we can investigate together, from the word, thought, body and movement, around questions that speak to us about life itself, about our way of inhabiting our own body, of relating to the flow of thoughts, and of linking ourselves with each other.

Aimed at people interested in movement, improvisation and creation. Open to people without previous experience and from other disciplines.

Biography

Emma Villavecchia

Emma Villavecchia studied contemporary dance at Bennington College, USA. Between 2016 and 2019 she was part of the Three Planes Collective. She currently lives in Barcelona, where she participates in artistic and pedagogical projects in collaboration with other artists and centers (La Visiva, Casa Virupa, Cascades study group, among others). She also develops scenic and audiovisual creations, including Rítmia, in close collaboration with Maria Soberon, Mauricio Villavecchia and Ursa Sekirnik. She has presented her projects at the Mercat dels Flors, Casa Elizalde, Sismògraf Festival, Galeria Cadaqués and international video dance festivals, among others. She teaches classes and workshops in dance, rhythm and body awareness and has recently become particularly interested in creation with adolescents (EnResidència, Tot Dansa). She has completed the Meditation Course at Casa Virupa and is training as a Somatic Movement Educator at Movimiento Atlas (Zaragoza), an official Body-Mind Centering® school. She is currently developing the research project ‘sabores y saberes’ in different contexts, with the support of residencies at the Contemplative Arts Laboratory and La Poderosa (including the CoCo 2024 program). Her artistic and pedagogical practice is inspired by teachers such as Ona Mestre, Linn Johanson, Salva Sanchis, Lipi Hernández, Deborah Hay and Àngels Margarit.